Just a bit of news.

So this is what has happened thus far, I'll be posting about the friendlys of today later:

• Egypt are back in the top 10 of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking at the expense of the Russians.
• The 2010 World Cup host South Africa has moved into the top 50 of the Rankings for the first time in almost 5 years.
• Caribbean sides also posted large gains, jumping as many as 34 positions (Grenada, who now sit at 91st) in the World Rankings table.
• Chelsea's run of over 900 minutes without allowing any goals at home is over. But it wasn't ended by the usual suspects. No, Sunderland was the team that made the Blue's blue, riding over them in a 3-0 route! Manchester United in 2002 was the last team to post such a scoreline.
• Carles Puyol has now appeared 500 times for Barcelona, making him only the 3rd player to reach the milestone, behind Migueli (who played 549 matches) and Xavi (who has played 541 and is still running.)
• In other Barca news, Lionel Messi has thus far scored 48 goals in 45 matches for the Catalan side. He only needs another goal in La Liga to reach 96 club goals, which would put him even with Mariano Martin in 4th position for Bareconla's history of goal scorers.
• In Russia meanwhile, the people of Moscow must wait their turn once more for a league title as Zenit St. Petersburg won their second title in four years, to the undoubted consternation of many in the nation's capital. Rrubin Kazan won consecutive 2008 and 2009 titles while Zenit were last victorious in 2007. The traditional Moscow triad of powerhouses had previously won the last 14 of 15 league titles.
• France also has an interesting league this year, as 4 points is all that separates the top 12 sides in Ligue 1. On a similar note, only 8 points are between the top of the table side Brest and 2nd to bottom Lens, who at one point this season had actually been league front-runners!
• Finally, Italy's Inter Milan is no longer safe at home. After more than 2 years dominating the San Siro undefeated, they lost a close match to bitterest rivals AC Milan. This was also the 1st time in around 5 years that AC Milan were victorious in a derby between the two sides since a 1-0 result in February 2005.